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Lot 425
TAPLIN, William, 'The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery', Robinson, London, 1791. 10th edn. Vol. 1: 1/2 tp. Frontis port. Tp. xxiv. 8vo. pp519. vol.2 : 1/2tp. tp. viii, 419pp. 5 pp. adverts. Hinges weak, full cf. scuffed. Tog.with CLATER, Francis, 'Every Man His Own Farrier; or, The Whole Art of Farriery laid Open', Crosby, 1813. 22nd. edn. Frontis port. 8vo. full cf. bumped. 3
Lot 670
Adrian Maurice Daintrey 1902-1988- "A Lady Slowly Gyrating on the Waterfront, New York City West"; pencil, black ink and watercolour wash, 27x22cm. Note: Exhibited in Modern British Abroad, January 1987, bears label for Sally Hunter Fine Art, London, attached verso: together with two further pen and wash studies entitled "Cheyne Walk" and "Zattere", by the same hand, each signed and dated 1951 and 1970 respectively, each bearing labels for Sally Hunter Fine Art attached to the reverse, (3)
Lot 230
Artillery-Siemonovich, Casimir The great art of artillery. London: J. Tonson, 1729, first English edition, folio, translated by George Shelvocke, engraved frontispiece and 22 folding engraved plates, title printed in red and black, fine modern period style panelled calf, raised bands, red morocco lettering piece, some spotting and light discolouration, small holes to 3U1 affecting a few letters Note: The only English translation of this important early work on artillery, fireworks and gunpowder, which for more than 150 years was the standard work on the science of artillery. This milestone of 17th century science contains the first known treatise on the rocket in military history.
Lot 11
Humphreys, H. Noel Masterpieces of the early printers & engravers, 1870, 4to, 70 plates, original decorative cloth gilt, some spotting, upper joint a little split; Lewis, H.C. A descriptive bibliography of the most important books in the English language relating to the art & history of engraving and the collecting of prints, 1912-13, 2 volumes including supplement, 4to, plates, red morocco-backed cloth, spines gilt; Bryan, M. A biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers, 1816, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece, modern buckram, spines gilt with red morocco lettering pieces; Vervliet, H.D.L. The book through 5000 years, 1972, 4to, dust-jacket, slipcase; Humphreys, H. Noel. A history of the art of printing. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1868, second issue, folio, 106 lithographed and chromolithographed plates (including 6 bis plates), original decorative red cloth gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, corners rubbed, surface split to original spine; Malone, Edmond Catalogue of early English poetry... illustrating the British drama, collected by Edmond Malone Esq. and now preserved in the British Library. Oxford: University Press, 1836, folio, nineteenth-century half cloth, rubbed (8)
Lot 796
After Andy Warhol 1928-1997- "Sonia Rykiel Collection Terminee Collection Interminable Orangerie du Senat- Palais du Luxembourg Exposition du 7 Juillet au 1er Aout 1993"; poster, reproduction printed in colours, 60x40cm: together with a collection of exhibition posters to include: 'Paintings and Prints from Greece by Hilary Adair The Pigeonhole 13 Langton Street London SW10', 'Women & Photography Battersea Arts Centre Saturday 1 March 1986', 'Oil Paintings by Viana Spanish Institute in London 1976', 'Drawing Technique and Purpose Gallery of Modern Art Atheneum Princess Street Manchester 1983', 'London in the Thirties The London Museum Kensington Palace W8' and others, (29), (unframed)
Lot 134
WARNCKE (CARSTON-PETER)-PABLO PICASSO 1981-1973 The Works 1890-1973, 2 vols, Benedict Taschen Koln 1992, red cloth, dust jacket, slip case; Rubin (William) Ed-Pablo Picasso A Retrospective, Pub Museum of Modern Art 1980, black cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket; Bozal (Valerians) and others-Picasso from caricature to metamorphosis of style, Lund Humphris 2003, black cloth, dust jacket; Leymarie (Jean)-Picasso The Artist of the Century; Viking Press New York 1971, Irish cloth, dust jacket, and seven further related works (11)
Lot 448
D. William Tillyer (British, b.1938) Red Ginger (Alpinia Purpurata), Hawaii signed lower right "Tillyer" watercolour 150 x 75cm William Tillyer studied at the Slade School of Art from 1960-1962, painting with William Coldstream and etching with Anthony Gross, and later under William Hayter in Paris, where he won a scholarship. He taught at the Chelsea School of Art from 1963 to 1970. In the 1980s he travelled widely and had shows at Bernard Jacobson in 2000 and 2002. His work is in the Victoria and Albert Musuem, the Tate Gallery and the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Lot 496
Rachel Reckitt (British, 1908-1995) Bullfight signed lower right "Rachel Reckitt" oil on board 100 x 74cm Provenance: Private collection, Norfolk Rachel Reckitt studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in the late 1930s under Iain MacNab. She exhibited widely including many works with the London Group. Acknowledged as a master wood engraver, she turned her attention to making metal sculptures later in life from her home at Golsoncott, Somerset. She was a vivid character: a staunch Labour voter who nevertheless rode a skittish horse to hounds and kept a pet fox. Reckitt became, in later life, something of a feminist icon. She worked with metal as an artist-blacksmith, drove a beaten-up old Land Rover when in her eighties and preferred to sleep under a tarpaulin rather than in a room. Her niece Penelope Lively notes that Rachel's spinsterhood would have been seen as an affliction early in the twentieth century; by the time of her death in 1995 the fact that she had never married was seen as almost heroic
Lot 507
D. Hughie O' Donoghue (British, b.1953) Fires II signed on the reverse "H O' Donoghue, Fires II, 89/90" oil on canvas 104 x 180cm Provenance: Private collection, UK Hughie O' Donoghue is one of the most sought-after artists currently working in Ireland today. The present work relates to an important theme in the artist's oeuvre - the Fire Series (see J Hamilton, Hughie O' Donoghue, Painting, Memory, Myth, London, 2003). Born in 1953 in Manchester, England, Hughie O' Donoghue received an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 1982. In 1995, he moved to County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he currently lives and works. The artist has had numerous important solo exhibitions at galleries such as the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; and the Imperial War Museum, London
Lot 545
John Tun Sein, (ARR) pastel on board, 49.5 x 40.5cm John Tun Sein. Studied at the Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai. Recipient of a research grant scholarship from the Lalit Kala Akademi. He has held solo exhibitions in India, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. Participated in the National Art Exhibition in India from 1988-1992, and in the Internation Art Exhibition in Freiburg, Germany. His work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art Delhi and several private collections. Lives and works in Kiechlinsbergen, Germany
Lot 557
Prabhakar Kolte, ARR Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 76cm Studies at the Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai. Recipeint of several awards including a gold medal from the Mumbai Art Society the Maharashtra State Award and the Proffessor Langhammer Award. Taught at the Sir JJ School of Art for twenty two years, retiring in 1994. Has held several solo exhibitions across India and abroad and has participated in major international art exhibitions. His works are in the collection of the National gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, and in private and public collections in India and abroad. Lives and works in Mumbai.
Lot 280B
Fionna Carlisle (Scottish b.1954-) Rue St Denis II watercolour 55cm x 55cm Note: High profile Scottish artist famously commissioned by the House of Commons to paint the portrait of the late Rt Hon Robin Cook MP. Her work also appears in the collections of The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, SNPG, Scottish Arts Council, IBM, De Beers, Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd. and numerous others
Lot 830
The nationally important Order of Merit group of sixteen awarded to Sir Basil Spence (1907-76), the distinguished post-war architect, and architect of Coventry Cathedral The Order of Merit, E.II.R., Civil Division neck badge, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, minor enamel damage; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, rev. dated, 1957, these unnamed as issued; Royal Institute of British Architects Silver Medal (1931), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. inscribed, Board of Architectural Education awarded to Basil Spence, Edinburgh College of Art, School of Architecture, 88mm., silver; Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Medal (1931), obv. bust of Sir R. Rowand Anderson left, by Hazel Armour, rev. Edinburgh Castle, inscribed, Basil Spence, 1931, 58mm., silver; Royal Institute of British Architects Pugin Medal (1933), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of an ornate column, mural crown above, rev. heraldic shield (Basil Spence Pugin Student, 1933), 57mm., silver, American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellows Badge (1959), by M.A.C., New York, obv. stylized eagle with an olive branch in its talons, superimposed upon a column, rev. inscribed, Basil Spence 1959, oval, 39 x 32.5mm., silver, with suspension mount, with neck cravat; Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Fellows Medal (1960), obv. seated architect in classical garments, a winged cherub presents a sprig of foliage, a temple in the background, rev. inscription (name and date engraved), Basil Spence, Honourary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1960, 46mm., bronze-gilt, ring suspension, with neck cravat; Royal Institute of British Architects Bronze Medal (1963), obv. a pair of stylized lions either side of a column, rev. two builders at work, St. Pauls Cathedral in the background (Sir Basil Spence, O.M., O.B.E., T.D., R.A., A.R.S.A., R.D.I., P.P.R.I.B.A. Falmer House, The University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton), 63mm., bronze; City of Coventry Award of Merit (1970), obv. stylized phoenix rising from the flames, three crosses in the background, rev. plain, rectangular, 45 x 26mm., gold, 30.7g., hallmarks for Birmingham, unnamed, complete with gold and enamel brooch bar, inscribed, Coventry Award of Merit; Medal of the Academia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome (1972), obv. man in classical garments, knelt, writting upon a scroll, a winged bull in the background, rev. inscribed, Basil Spence, MCMLXXII, 55mm., bronze, ring suspension, with neck cravat; with associated lapel badge, gilt and enamel; French Academie dArchitecture, Grande Medaille dOr (1974), obv. stylized ornamented column by H. Navarre, inscribed in exergue, Grande Medaille dOr 1974 Sir Basil Spence Architecte, rev. seated figure in classical garments enclosed by wreath, 68mm., gold, 212g., edge stamped, 1974 and 3or, some with minor (pin?) marks to edge, in general nearly extremely fine (17) £6000-8000 O.M. London Gazette 23.11.1962 O.B.E. (Civil Division) London Gazette 1.1.1948 Basil Urwin Spence was born in Bombay on 13 Aug. 1907, the elder son of a chemist in the Indian Civil Service. When he was twelve, Spence, whose family were from Orkney, was sent home to Scotland to be educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. Having shown a particular ability in drawing he enrolled in 1925 at the Edinburgh College of Art to study sculpture, but then switched to architecture. Spence excelled as a student, and during 1929-30 he completed his practical assignment in London, attending evening classes at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College, and by day working as an assistant in the London office of Sir Edwin Lutyens where he helped prepare designs for Lutyens' Viceroy House in New Delhi. Spence imbibed Lutyens' masterly combination of classical and modern architectural idioms, and thereafter always acknowledged him as his 'patron and master'. Spence completed his professional training in Edinburgh and gained his architectural diploma in September 1931, having added to his earlier prizes the Rowand Anderson Medal and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Silver Medal; in 1933 came the prestigious RIBA Pugin Medal. He was invited to join the leading Edinburgh architects, Rowand Anderson, Balfour Paul & Partners. Within the practice he designed small houses and departmental stores in and around Edinburgh, but his private commissions gave him the opportunity to venture designs that were more modernist and daring. He became a junior partner in 1935 and undertook work for some of the practice's most wealthy and important clients, designing grand country houses that catered to individual tastes, but which at the same time were eye-catching in the way they blended traditional elements with modern and made use of the natural, textured materials of the local landscape. Notable among these structures was Quothquhan, Lanarkshire (1936) for Alexander Erskine-Hill MP, Gribloch (1937-9), near Loch Lomond, for the steel magnate John Colville, and Broughton Place (1937-9), near Peebles. In 1938 he was commissioned to design the Scottish pavilion for the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow. Spence's highly abstract construction owed much to the ideas of Le Corbusier, the influential pioneer of modern design, and was widely praised as one of the chief attractions of the exhibition. There soon followed other exhibition work in Edinburgh and Johannesburg. However, with the onset of war Spence set aside his thriving practice and joined the Royal Artillery, having enrolled with the Territorial Army 1934. He rose to the rank of Major in the camouflage unit where his talent for design was usefully employed. In Normandy, he was shocked by the destruction of ancient religious buildings and in his diary confided his ambition to build a church of his own time if he survived the war. The shortage of new work in the years immediately after the war confined Spence to small-scale architectural commissions and exhibition design, and through the latter area his practice began to pick up. He was awarded major commissions for exhibitions in Edinburgh (1946) and Glasgow (1947) to help foster post-war enterprise, and he was chief architect for the 1949 Britain Can Make It Exhibition in London, having been appointed O.B.E. in the New Year Honours the previous year. He was then commissioned to design the Sea and Ships Pavilion for the Festival of Britain which opened on the South Bank in May 1951. Spence had also been working on designs in the competition for a new cathedral at Coventry to replace that which had been gutted during the enemy bombardment of the city on the night of 14 November 1940-the 'Night of Infamy'. There had been some indecision over how the new cathedral should look. Initially, a new neo-gothic edifice was envisaged with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott as its architect, but Scott's 'ponderous' design was vetoed in 1946, and in setting up the subsequent competition for a fresh design in 1950 it was decided that entrants should be encouraged to think in terms of an adventurous modern church building that would embody the spirit of the new post-war order. In August 1951 it was announced that Spence had won first prize out of 219 entries. It was to be the turning-point of Spence's career. Coventry had a special significance, being the first British city to have had its centre destroyed by enemy bombing. The project to rebuild the cathedral caught the public imagination as symbolising the nation's rise from the ashes of war. On the eve of its consecration in 1962 Spence wrote in The Times: 'When I first visited Coventry with the competition conditions in October 1950, the old cathedral burnt open by fire-bombs seemed to say in a gentle voice, "I
Lot 41
John Bowes R.Cam.A. (1899-1974), The Bathers, artist's label inscribed on verso, oil on board, 63.5 x 54.5cm. 25 x 21.5in. * Educated at Manchester Grammar School and attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in World War I. Was professional singer, while also painting, for 20 years until 1943, then when became deaf took up painting full-time. Was made a member of the RCamA in 1965, also joining Manchester and Liverpool Academies, Manchester Society of Modern Painters and Lancashire Group of Artists. Had solo shows starting with 1946 at Salford Art Gallery, including retrospective at Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, 1971. Public galleries in Derby, Liverpool, Salford, Southport and Newcastle upon Tyne hold his work.
Lot 1132
Philip Kelly, Irish b.1950- View of the interior of a cafe; acrylic on paper, signed, 57x72cm., (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Philip Kelly was born in Dublin and educated at Rugby School. Leaving in 1968, he travelled to Africa with the Brathay Exploration Group before returning to Britain. He qualified from Bristol University in 1973 with a B.Ed in Art and French. He worked in various posts, while continuing to paint in Britain, Europe, North Africa and America before settling in Mexico City. He arrived in Mexico City in 1983 completely penniless, but managed to gain a job teaching English. Working hard, rising at 5.00 a.m. and continuing until late evening, he was unconsciously assimilating the shapes, colours, smells and activity of the city. Changing jobs to work in film, he began to meet other painters and artists, started selling his work, and became quite well known very quickly. He appeared on television and had various shows before the earthquake in 1985 which killed his partner and destroyed all his work. Philip considered this a finite end to his Mexican odyssey and returned to Europe for several years, but the greyness made him long for Mexico again, he returned in 1989. He has now become friends with many of the leading contemporary artists in Mexico. Kelly particularly admires the work of Gilberto, Acceres and Navarro. One Person and Mixed Exhibitions: 1984, The Orange Gallery, Huran South Dakota 1987, Latchunse Gallery London 1989, Cahill & Grebler Gallery 1989, Cuadermos de Viaje. Gallery Amsterdam 1990, Galleria 930 4 Artistas Mexico DF 1990 Galleria, 930 Homenage a Van Gogh 1990 Edificio Balmori, Mural Mexico DF 1990, Mural, (Ecological), Cordoba 1990, Hotel Palacio, Ixtapa 1990, En Ramnientos. Miguel Angel Que Vedo 1991, Belgravia Gallery London 1996, Westbourne Gallery, London, 1997 Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City - one man show, 1981 Yorkshire Artists Bennial I, 1982 Graves Gallery Sheffield, 1983 Yorkshire Artist Biennial II, 1986 S.W. London Arts, London, 1989 4 Artistas, Galeria 930, Mexico DF, 1990 Edificio Balmori, Dia Mundial del Artista, 1990 Las Miniaturas del Balmori, Art Vance 1990 Mural Ecologico, Cordoba, Beracruz 1991 "La Naturaleza Simbolizada" Hacienda La Casona II, 1995-2004 Several one man shows, The Frederick Gallery, Dublin
Lot 1
Art Reference. A collection of works on artists and art history, to include: Ruskin, John Modern painters, new ed., 6 vols. 8vo., 1897; Thorpe, W.A. A history of English and Irish glass, 2 vols., 4to., 1929; Woltmann A. & Woermann K. History of painting, 2 vols., large 8vo., 1880-87; Straiton, Arthur The English interior, folio, [1920]; Muther, R. The history of modern painting, 3 vols., 4to., 1895-96 and 7 others [21]
Lot 247
Japan. Ikebana hiden zushiki. [The secretly conveyed art of flower arrangements with illustrations] by Fukansai Sekisui, October 1798, 5 volumes, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, original yellow-brown wrappers with printed title labels, 2 replaced, preserved in Japanese wraparound cloth case; Okamoto, K.S. Ancient and modern various usages of Tokio [sic], Japan. Tokyo, Y.T.R. Morito, 1885, 8vo, title in English, frontispiece, numerous coloured woodcut illustrations, original wrappers, slight damp-staining of one cover and endpaper; Ryori-tsu daizen, [1835], 8vo, volumes 3 and 4 only, woodcut illustrations, a few coloured, original wrappers, some worming; and 2 others, 1 Japanese, 1 Chinese (incomplete); Imei Shukei Kai ga gyo-rui issai, printed roll depicting fish, c. 29 x 440cm., preserved in wooden box, Japan, late 19th century; sold not subject to return
Lot 538
Hammond (Elizabeth). Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book... , A Complete Family Physician... , the Art of Making British Wines... , 5th revised ed., 1825, eng. frontis. and addn. title, four eng. plts., worm tracing to lower outer corners of early leaves, sl. affecting some lettering and touching plts., some spotting and soiling throughout, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked, some wear, 12mo (1)
Lot 558
Wenzel (Michel Jean Baptiste, Jun.). A Treatise on the Cataract, with Cases to Prove the Necesity of Dividing the Transparent Cornea..., Translated ... with Many Additional Remarks by James Ware, 1791, folding plt., spotting throughout, title browned, recent mock leather gilt, together with Saunders (John Cunningham), A Treatise on Some Practical Points Relating to the Diseases to the Eye... , 1st ed., 1811, eng. port. frontis. (sl. spotted and offset to title), and eight plts. incl. seven hand-col., some spotting, later morocco, with hospital library gilt stamp to upper cover and usual marks to pastedown and foot of spine, both 8vo, plus [Beer, Georg Joseph], The Art of Preserving the Sight Unimpaired to an Extreme Old Age, and of Re-Establishing and Strengthening It when It Becomes Weak... , to which are added, Observations on the Inconveniences and Dangers Arising from the Use of Common Spectacles, by an Experienced Oculist, 2nd enlarged and improved ed., 1815, eng. frontis., some spotting, uncut, orig. boards, rubbed and soiled, modern lined rebacked, 12mo, plus others relatd, mostly 19th c. (16)
Lot 573
Elderfield (John). Henri Matisse. A Retrospective, pub. Thames & Hudson, [1993], num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Mitchinson (David), Celebrating Moore. Works from the Collection of the Henry Moore Foundation, pub. Lund Humphries, 1998, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., both 4to, with other modern art ref., all VG (22)
Lot 595
Prout (Samuel). Prout's Microcosm, The Artist's Sketch-book of Groups of Figures, Shipping, and other Picturesque Objects, pub. David Bogue, c.1840s, twenty-four tinted litho. plts., scattered foxing, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rebacked and recornered with black morocco, spine gilt dec., slim folio, together with Harding (J.D.), The Principles and Practice of Art, edited by William Walker, 1st ed., 1876, twenty-four eng. plts., one with small stain, endpapers renewed, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, rebacked and recornered, spine gilt dec., folio, plus a copy of Modern Power Generators ed. James Weir French, 2 vols., 1908, orig. cloth, and History of Art in Primitive Greece, by Perrot and Chipiez, 2 vols., 1894, orig. cloth (6)
Lot 110
McDonald (Alexander). A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: Comprehending all the Modern Improvements in the Art..., 2 vols., 1807, sixty-one hand-col. and thirteen b & w plts., slight water staining to initial leaves of vol. 2, occ. minor foxing to text, modern qtr. calf gilt, 4to. Nissen 479. (2)
Lot 169
Lawrence (Richard). A Complete Farrier, and British Sportsman: Containing a Systematic Enquiry into the Structure and Animal Economy of the Horse... , [1833], fourteen eng. plts., correct as list, some minor scattered spotting, several minor marginal tears, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with Miles (W.J.), Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art as at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London, n.d., c. 1870s, col. and b & w illusts., some spotting and minor marginal finger-soiling, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and soiled, plus Sporting Pictures, edited E.W. Savory, with Descriptive Letterpress by B. Fletcher Robinson, 1902, forty-eight mounted col. plts., incl. Hunting, Shooting and Fishing, Polo, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, etc., a few tears and repairs to margins, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and some wear, tall folio, plus other misc. books of equestrian and hunting interest. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2 cartons)
Lot 357
Francatelli (Charles Elme). The Modern; A Practical Guide to the Culinary Art in all its Branches..., 28th ed., 1886, eng. port. frontis. (slightly damp stained & with closed tear), closed tear to G7, few wood eng. illusts., orig. cloth, slight wear to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant..., 47th thousand ed., 1880, eng. port. frontis., wood eng. illusts., recent endpapers, orig. cloth, rebacked, 8vo, plus and 1880 edition of the same title, and Acton (Eliza), Modern Cookery, for Private Families..., newly revised & much enlarged, 1858, eng. frontis. and seven eng. plts., few wood eng. illusts., orig. cloth, rebacked, worn, 8vo, together with another copy of the same edition, and with Rundell (Maria Eliza), A New System of Domestic Cookery..., 72nd ed., 1847, eng. frontis., nine eng. plts., light adhesive mark to one leaf of ads. at rear, orig. cloth, rebacked, slightly rubbed to extrems., 8vo, with Senn (Charles Herman), Practical Gastronomy and Culinary Dictionary..., 3rd ed., revised & enlarged, [1895], dust soiling to title, modern cloth, thick 8vo. (7)
Lot 736
Jewel (John). The Apology of the Church of England; and an Epistle to one Seignior Scipio, a Venetian Gentleman, Concerning the Council of Trent... , 1685, port. frontis., contemp. calf, worn on spine, 8vo, together with [Butler, Samuel], Hudibras. Written in the Time of the Late Wars, corrected and amended, with several Additions and Annotations, 3 parts in one, 1689, some spotting and soiling, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, joints cracked, with modern cloth slipcase, 8vo, plus Farley (John), The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant, 10th ed., c. 1819, port. frontis., twelve Bill Fare engs. on six leaves, contemp. sheep, upper cover detached, 8vo, and other misc. antiquarian, incl. odd vols. (3 shelves)
Lot 203
Ernest Ange Duez (French, 1843-1896) Three scenes from the life of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne coloured chalks triptych, in an oak and parcel gilt triple-arched frame 61 x 122 cm (24 x 48 in) overall Note: The finished work for which these are studies is now in the Musee d'Orsay. It was described in 1879 as 'a masterpiece of modern art' and bought by the French state for the Musee du Luxembourg, Paris. The scenery in the central panel is based on Villerville in Normandy rather than North-east England.
Lot 1
Robert Dawson R.C.A. (1926-1997), "October Morning towards Anglesey", signed, titled on verso, oil on board, 49 x 72cm.; 19.25 x 28.25in. "Bob Dawson was a man of total integrity. He was a large and gentle man who lived with the high standards he set himself while producing work of very great merit. Because he painted what he loved he was able to communicate that love to others. For this reason, I believe, his work will always be appreciated long after so much of the facile creations produced today have been forgotten. Love is the casualty of the cold world of modern art, a brash world of strident gestures. In the middle of it work created by the quiet unassuming man from Nottingham will be seen increasingly as pictures of genuine merit bringing warmth and satisfaction to all who own them". Sir Kyffin Williams R.A. Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey. 2000
Lot 1
Arturo Ciacelli (1883-1966), "Stockholm", signed, dated 1910 and inscribed, pastel, 47.5 x 62cm.; 18.75 x 24.5in. * From 1910, he spent much of his time in the Scandinavian countries, teaching and giving lectures on Futurism in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Goteborg. In Stockholm he was the director of the first gallery of modern art and of the periodical Nykonst (1915) and did decorative work for a number of public venues, including the Grand Hotel Royal and the Artists' Circle.
Lot 602
Nisbet (Alexander). A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: with the True Art of Blazon, According to the Most Approved Heralds in Europe..., 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1722, numerous eng. plts. of armorials, two leaves of pencil drawings of armorials tipped-in, bookplate pasted to title verso with some consequent creasing, modern morocco, spine faded, folio, together with Philipott (Thomas), Villare Cantianum; or, Kent Surveyed and Illustrated..., 2nd ed., Lynn, 1776, folding eng. frontis. (lined to verso), one eng. plt., 20th c. half calf, folio (2)
Lot 693
Ometev (Boris & Stuart, John). St. Petersburg, Portrait of an Imperial City, 1990, b&w illusts. from photos., together with Briggs (Asa & Miles, Archie), A Victorian Portrait, Victorian Life and Values as Seen Through the Work of Studio Photographers, 1st ed., 1989, colour and b&w illusts. from photos., plus Fahey (David & Rich, Linda), Masters of Starlight, Photographers in Hollywood, 1st UK ed., 1987, b&w illusts. from photos., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to, VG, plus other mostly modern art and history of photography books including a complete run of Reportage Magazine, with some duplicates (approx. 50)
Lot 230
Dickson (R.W., pseud. Alexander McDonald). A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: Comprehending all the Modern Improvements in the Art; whether in the Raising of the various Esculent Vegetables, or in the Forcing and Managing of different Sorts of Fruits and Plants, and that of Laying Out, Ornamenting, and Planting Gardens and Pleasure Grounds..., 2 vols., 1807, 61 hand coloured botanical plates, 13 uncoloured plates, modern dark-brown half sheep with marbled boards, sl. rubbed, 4to. Nissen 479. (2)
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